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Do Strangelets Pass Through Earth?

Posted by timothy on from the particles-of-truth dept.

Weirdolet writes: "Ananova are reporting that ultra-dense, pollen sized strangelets (aka nuggets of strange quarks) travelling at 900,000 miles per hour hit the earth, violently pass through it and have done on at least two occasions already. It's also reported, allegedly, in the Sunday telegraph but I haven't found it there yet :P Coming to a particle accelerator near you soon ... ?" Another reader has found the story at the Telegraph.

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  1. Re:What about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was strangely charming to see her bottom go up and down while I should've been more interested in watching her top, this being a jump-rope contest after all.

  2. Re:What about... by Skyfire · · Score: 5, Funny

    I went up the elevator to the top of the building, where everyone lives a charmed life, then I took it back down to the bottom where the sysadmins are strange.

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  3. Re:Would these actually create an entry/exit wound by Consul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could these be the long-awaited explanation for spontaneous human combustion? ;o)

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  4. Strange fantasy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As I grabbed her bottom, she got up, took off her top, gave me a strange glance, then went down on me and charmed ol' one-eye.

  5. Re:Entrance/Exit Point by foobar104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not very scientific, but a search on Google for 'unexplained explosion' comes up with over 14,000 items...

    Yes, but a search on Google for "unexplained fish" comes up with over 23,000 items. What's your point? ;-)